The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 172 The Sixth Division's Sunset One

Messy and rhythmless explosions burst in deep and wide trenches

The artillery shells facing the back door of the fortress are close at hand, and there is another layer of black pottery or bamboo tubes to correct them, which will hardly miss them. One end drilled out of the soft soil and then plunged into it, hitting the concrete with a thickness of one meter. The wall, "Boom" exploded

The fortress is strong, and even the cannonballs fired from a long distance from the outside are helpless, but a 75mm cannonball explodes inside, and the narrow space and thick walls suddenly become the accomplices of the cannonball's full lethality

The Japanese soldiers hiding inside hardly had any gaps to escape. The shells of the shells that exploded and the thousands of degrees of high-temperature flames and high-pressure air instantly filled the space with a diameter of less than five meters. A dozen or so Japanese soldiers had no time to exclaim. If you make a sound, you will either be blasted to bits or your intestines will be dismantled.

The worst thing is the people hiding behind, most of the killings are blocked by the colleagues in front, but the shock wave refracted by the wall will not let them go, the internal organs burst and the skin is black and black, and the death is even more terrifying

There were also some unlucky ones who happened to be hit by shells. The huge kinetic energy forcefully pierced their torsos into a big hole, and they flew upside down with the whole person, hitting the body of their comrades, followed by shells blowing them to pieces.

Horizontal, vertical, slanted, flying towards, smashing down, the shells fired by non-cannon barrels can have all kinds of action lines after being excited, but in the narrow trenches, they are extremely deadly no matter what the posture is The Japanese army inside, facing an average of one super-density shell burst out at close range every ten meters, almost no one can avoid it, and the lucky ones are less than one-tenth

From a distance, the entire trench seemed to be detonated by rows of explosives at the same time. The spectacular explosion "hula la" spewed dust tens of meters high and flames more than ten meters high into the sky, and countless fragments of Japanese soldiers were mixed in it. , showing an unprecedented bloody and bloody exhibition magnificently

Lying on the periscope and witnessing this moment with his own eyes, Master Li Xingcun was so frightened that he almost sat down on the spot, pointed at Zhu Bin with a pale face and shouted strangely: "You are a lunatic? How dare you bury so many shells in the trenches? What if it explodes and kills our own people? Huh?"

Most of them are the machine gunners of their 32nd Army. If something goes wrong, half of the entire army will be paralyzed. My own life is messing around

Zhu Bin also felt that this matter was not done properly, so he said with a smile: "Well, well, well, we have done sufficient calculations, and the shells that will not cause major problems are protected by a two-meter-thick layer of sand, which is enough To block the bombing of heavy artillery, besides, there is a layer of reinforced steel plate on the top of the shell, just in case. The back door of every fort usually has a door baffle, which prevents water from entering on the surface, but actually prevents the shell from going off... Besides, it is very useful They are all activated by electric detonators, which is very safe."

It's very safe, it's very safe

If it was a pile of shells without a flare tube, if they were piled up honestly, Mr. Li Xingcun might still believe that they were safe.However, this is a guy with hundreds of fuses installed, holes drilled and electric detonators added! God knows, if some unlucky guy is unlucky and causes an explosion, is the so-called door stop really effective?The Japanese army on the opposite side used it, but there are 150 cannons. It can't penetrate the one-meter-thick reinforced concrete and sandbags, and can't penetrate the sandy soil layer?

This is clearly a gamble.

In fact, Zhu Bin is not so sure in his heart, but it doesn't matter how the probability is calculated. The surrounding terrain is not only half a meter deep for cultivated soil, but also a solid sand bottom for more than one meter below, which has the effect of preventing shells. Even better than mere rocks...should be fine

It's detonated up to now, anyway, there's no one there, of course it's fine

Li Xingcun didn't care about breaking up with him, and made up his mind in his heart that he would never get too close to this kid in a war in the future, or he might even kill his own people! It's too insidious, too bold

Not to mention him, a group of machine gunners in the second trench and the soldiers who were fighting in it suddenly found that all the explosions were happening there, and they were so scared that they wet their pants on the spot. In the dark, especially the brothers of the 32nd Army, this is the first time I have seen someone play like this. If this is unlucky, he will be smashed to pieces. Wow, he will be killed by the shells of his own people, and he will have no reputation at all.

They were all veterans and scoundrels, and on the spot, they grabbed the guys from the Special Forces and yelled, "If you want to kill us, just say, how can anyone plant bombs under their own asses? How can anyone fight like this?"

A group of company platoon leaders calmly slapped their paws away, and said disdainfully: "What's the fuss, you have to know, when our boss started, he wanted to stuff 152 high-explosive bombs into the wall of the bunker. Yes, that's what makes it fun, an explosion, ah, within 100 meters, there's nothing left! The little devil went in, that's a miserable..."

"Cim your head, I will be miserable before you talk about it"

A group of veterans were trembling with fright, their faces were as pale as dead people, and they stared at the back of their buttocks with wide eyes, feeling uneasy no matter what.

The special forces quickly comforted: "Don't worry, there are no traps or bombs on this line, one is enough to deal with the devils, and I dare not come down here if I give it to them for nothing."

If you dare not come down, you will be bitten by a snake once, and you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years. When encountering such a perverted army, any commander has to think twice

The ten Japanese squadrons were almost completely wiped out. Except for a few people who worked in the front and set up machine gun positions for cover, there were almost no survivors in the ditches and fortresses. The number of casualties was at least 1500.

Masaemon Sakamoto was able to see the earth dragon flying into the sky that day through the binoculars in the Jianchang camp. Although the violent explosion sound could not be heard clearly, the tragic situation can be imagined after thinking about it.

When he heard the battle damage report from the front, he couldn't hold on any longer. He swayed his buttocks and sat on the chair, feeling as if his heart was about to explode, and he couldn't breathe

The Sixth Division lost too much

In Chifeng, 3000 people were frozen and damaged, and the loss was more than one-tenth of the troops, but it did not affect the battle. After fighting on the front line of the Great Wall for two months, the total number of battle casualties was only more than 2000 people, not even 14 There were many brigades, and they took advantage of the victory to reach the pass, and everything went smoothly, but in this battle that was sure to win, facing a small county town and a regiment of super-firing enemy troops, it took only one day and one night, and casualties The number of people actually exceeded [-], and went straight to [-]

All in all, the entire Sixth Division has lost more than [-]% of its troops.

If it was an ordinary army, I'm afraid it would have lost its combat effectiveness long ago, but in the Sixth Division, no matter how miserable the situation was, it was not enough to defeat him, even if the most important Kumamoto 13th Regiment was hit the hardest. Will be able to resist.

However, regarding the inexplicable position on the opposite side, and Zhu Bin who was setting out to challenge the empire, he did not have the confidence to win, nor did he have the confidence to accurately judge his next move. How to fight this battle, he did not know for a while know how to move

The tank troops were almost completely wiped out. Even if the armor was strengthened, they were vulnerable to the opponent's large-caliber machine guns and direct-firing artillery. The abyss slipped.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, shall we report the situation to the headquarters and request...for combat guidance?"

Chief of Staff Sasaki was also terrified by the battle damage report. He could even imagine how frustrated the soldiers fighting in front would be. Such an unpredictable enemy is like a ghost, and he has never seen anyone A figure got a corpse, but he had already paid a heavy price

Ask for combat guidance, that is to say, you have lost the means of victory and ask for help

"Never our Sixth Division. We have never been intimidated by the enemy. We will definitely defeat all enemies."

After a brief gaffe, Sakamoto Masaemon finally stood up again, his squinted eyes were bloodshot, and the eyeballs were red, emitting a wolf-like fierce light, completely different from his usual calmness and elegance.

"Order the 26th regiment to cross the river and launch a surprise attack on Qian'an. Order all the cavalry regiments to reinforce you to the mouth of the river, cooperate with the 45th regiment to launch a general attack, and must break through the enemy's position before dawn. This battle is related to my sixth The reputation of the division, the Kwantung Army, and even the army cannot be lost.”

"Hi" Sasaki didn't say anything more, he knew in his heart that your Excellency, Division Commander, is going to fight hard... I hope you won't be able to win

At 4:20 in the morning, at Gaotaizi and Ninzikou on the Luan River, the attacking Japanese army suddenly multiplied in strength. More than 3000 troops waded across the water and 12 new field artillery were aimed at the enemy on the other side. The fortifications were bombed with all their strength, and the attack was unprecedentedly violent

On this side, more than 100 heavy machine guns that had already been quietly recruited were deployed in place, and 12 75 field guns were stationed in the position. Just when the Japanese army crossed the river with more than half of their strength and almost stabilized their position, suddenly , the guns fired, and the scene that just happened in front of Qian'an was repeated again

More than 100 heavy machine guns, plus a small number of old 7.92 heavy machine guns of the defenders, fired together. In an instant, the front of the attack for only three or four miles was covered by dense bullets. The wing didn't understand what was going on at all, and was caught off guard by the overwhelming bullets and the dense artillery shells that fell down immediately. Hundreds of dead bodies floated along the river to the south of Qian'an City

On the bank of the Qinglong River, a tributary in the lower reaches of Qian'an, 26 kilometers away from the straight line, most of the troops of the 53th Brigade of the Japanese Army quietly withdrew from the confrontation with the 5000rd Army in the direction of Lulong, and concentrated nearly [-] people to ford across the river.

In the Xiaguan camp less than five kilometers away from them, more than 50 heavy-duty vehicles and twelve armored personnel carriers that had been quietly hiding in a dense forest to the west of the town started quietly without turning on the lights. The soldiers behind swallowed the last bite of the compressed biscuit and began to check their weapons one last time.

The armored personnel carrier, which is still in the test and improvement stage, was designed by the combat vehicle research group of the Haizhuang Institute on the basis of fully understanding the existing tanks and armored vehicles in various countries in the world, and made many modifications and manufactures according to the technical indicators proposed by Zhu Bin. An amphibious tracked armored vehicle.

The car body is flat and long box-shaped, with an inclined wedge-shaped armor structure in the front. The whole is welded by Krupp carburizing steel and titanium alloy composite forging plates, and the basalt fiber layer is signed inside. The thickest part of the armor is 35, and the thinnest There are also 12, which can defend against all the following machine guns, and even the Japanese 57 tank guns are difficult to penetrate

A tracked chassis with five pairs of road wheels, a hydraulic-mechanical transmission jointly developed with IWC Tractor, three front and one rear gearboxes, and shooting holes in the car body, can carry 2 drivers and 10 lightly armed soldiers. The main weapon is a stick The Oerlikon 20 cannon is mainly used as a troop carrier for the Marine Corps, and because it is only used as a verification model at present.

The power system is a six-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine designed and manufactured according to the diesel engines of N Company and Mercedes-Benz. The current power is 90 watts, which can drive the entire car body with a length of 4 meters, a height of 2 meters, and a total weight of 9.76 tons at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour. , driving 320 kilometers.

Limited to materials and technology and the difficulty of training current technical arms, only 12 vehicles have been equipped for verification. It has been nearly half a month since it was successfully manufactured at the end of last year. This is the first time it has been put into actual combat application. Know.

At 4:45 in the morning, there was a low call from the vehicle radio, and twelve zt-33x armored personnel carriers code-named "Badger" suddenly increased their roar. Push away the thick branches blocking the front and rush out of the woods first.

Behind them, more than 50 G vehicles lined up in two teams, staggering forward along the rugged country dirt road, with an overall speed of less than 25 kilometers per hour, but facing the river beach five kilometers away, it took just over 15 minutes things.

In the darkness before dawn, the roar of trucks and the noise of draft horses came from the northeast, and they gradually approached. The tranquility of this place, the nervous roars of several Japanese soldiers instantly spread to the ears of everyone in the convoy.

In an armored vehicle, Yu Baoguo, the deputy head of the regiment, frowned slightly, and snorted softly: "It seems that we encountered Japanese scouts. If the sneak attack fails, we will come here clearly."

Grabbed the radio and shouted coldly: "All attention, firepower rush, start"

Twelve armored vehicles transformed into a huge triangular attack arrow in the blink of an eye, opened a cross-section of 300 meters according to the structure of three, four, and five rows, directly ran over the fields and barren beaches by the river, and rushed towards Looking at a large figure one kilometer away, the 12 cannons scattered all over the distance suddenly opened their throats, and "all" fired flames more than one meter long.